The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-24

conspiracy. GuiIeu ta4lHiS "'N'
said. Not, sir, if you are net in It,
Jones said again, "Do you mean to
Charge me with being in q conspira
cy?" replied, Not, if you are not
iu it. | have s!ated that there is q
conspiracy. l know there is con
spiracy to rob and detraud this man.
1t is not for Inc to say whether or
not YOU are in it, you are not in
it. have no word OF r"proach 10 Ut
ter about you" All the time | was
trying to force tue admission they
were Coram's attorneys. Jones
wrote note and sent Peter Kennedy
out with it.
He said, 1--WE are going to have
no bulldozing here. / am determined
there shall be no bulldozing in this
case. | am determined l have heard
the last of this thing l said, You
have heard just exactly one.half of
what YOU will hear. I am determined
this transaction shall be laid bare"
He jumped up and said, well, Mr..
Johustone, We can settle this thing
out Of court. 1 can and will see you
out of court said, That is no
concern of mine"
When Kennedy returned Jones
met him at the door and went out
with him. Jones came back in room.
He said he would hav. no more bull
doing. l said, "Buddy, that is a
matter of supernal indifference to
me-" Jones said, Il lave had just
as much of this thing as want" l
said, We need no excitement; you
need dose of bromide or morphine
to quiet your nerves.
Finally Jones said he represented
Coram and was present for that pur.
pose. | said alright then if that was
their position we will 60 on with the
case. Jones then said "since We are
in this mood I would like to say that
| would like to meet counsel in same
spirit
On 10Th I met Jones and ne passed
me without speaking. AS | was
about to leave on the 18th Mr.. Wal.
ter Hunt came in and gave me a note
which lie said he desired to deliver
as friend to both parties. He gave
me the following note:
NEwRERRY, S. c., March IS, '87.
TO Mr.. George Johnstone, Newber-
ry, S. C.-Sir: During the prelimi-
nary hearing Of the case of tile Unit
ed States vs.. M. G. Reeves you, as
counsel for the defendant, declared
the prosecution to be the result Of a
conspiracy to Cypress an innocent
man, and referred in such manner
to your expressions previously in the
case Of the State VS.. J. J. Coram in
the Trial Justices Court as to leave
little doubt in my mind Of your in
tention to include me in the conspir-
acy as charged by you, although you
knew that I appeared only as coun
sci for the prosecution in the ease
first above named. Although | ap.
peared as such ct the request of
United States Commissioner Dennis,
made in your hearing, and although
l pointedly and positively denied
having part in OF knowledge of any
conspiracy of the character described
by you, you persisted in repeating
your charges Of such conspiracy,
and ignored my disclaimer of com.
plicity in it. Moreover you, though
addressing the examining officer, di
rected attention of the court and the
audience to me, in manner which
indicated that your remarks applied
TO me personally. The inference
which | feel compelled to draw from
this state Of facts is that you in
tended from your remarks before the
commissioner to accuse me OF q de-.
liberate machination to persecutc and
wrong your client. But | desire to
learn from you with certainty what
motive and actions you intended to
impute to me. II you did not intend
to include me in the accusation, |
presume YOU will not hesitate to say
so. If you make no answer to this
communication. | shall be obliged to
consider that it was your intention
for me to draw my own conclusions.
Respectfully.
join B. JONES.
thought it was q step towards a
challenge. said to Walter Hunt
that John Jones can get no glory
out Of this thing" Mr.. r:unt said
that this was no bluff game" |
went to Spartanburg and the note
was not answered. On 25d return
ed from Spartanburg. On 9th Mr..
Reeves came to me and said he de-
sired to leave town. That he had
paid all his bills and wanted to know
if everything was settled. I went
with him to Trial Justice Office to
see if everything was settled, and II
Reeves could leave. Mr.. Carlisle
and Mr.. Blcase both said they saw
no reason why he should not go. Al
ter that the papers Of attachment we're
served on Mr.. Reeves. They were
dated prior to the day | advertised
them Mr.. Reeves was going to leave.
| learned afterwards they were in
Mr.. Bleasc's desk at the time ] was
there. The attachment was made
without affidavit. | tried several
times to get the case up on 10Th.
While there in the afternoon Was as
saulted by Trial Justice.
At this stage Of Mr.. Johns:one's
statement Judge Norton said: Il
regret more than anything that has
occurred since | have been on the
bench that | have been connected
with that | have allowed any Of this
IL, Il